Hul’q’umi’num’ Language & Culture Society presents

Plants in the Hul’q’umi’num’ World

Theresa Thorne from kwa’mutsun shares some information on wapato

wapato

wild potato

sqewth tthu snes.

nilh s’ulhtuns tthu hwulmuhwulh.
This used to be a food for the First Nations people.

Search

Find plants using a variety of methods:

Featured Plant

sqewth | Wapato

sqewth | Wapato

This aquatic plant grows from tuber-producing rhizomes and produces arrowhead-shaped leaves and white flowers. This word (sqewth) also applies to the introduced potato.
Both the tubers (potato-like structures) and rhizomes (specialized stems) are starchy and edible.